With five decades of existence, Black Sabbath can be named the most influential heavy metal band without a doubt. The band, formed by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward, has released 19 studio albums.
Recently, the Wikimetal was tasked with creating a ranking of the band's best album covers , from worst to best, using criteria based exclusively on the visual aspect of each album, without judging the sonic content of the records. Then we asked you: what is the best Black Sabbath cover in your opinion? The answer was Black Sabbath (1970), with 38% of the votes.
In second place in the voting was the album Heaven and Hell (1980) with 18%, and in third, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) with 12% of the votes. Following them were: Paranoid (1970) with 6%, Born Again (1983) with 5%, and Master Of Reality (1971) with 3%. See the full results below.
What is the best Black Sabbath album cover?
- Black Sabbath (1970) (38%)
- Heaven and Hell (1980) (18%)
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) (12%)
- Paranoid (1970) (6%)
- Born Again (1983) (5%)
- Master Of Reality (1971) (3%)
- Cross Purposes (1994) (3%)
- 13 (2013) (2%)
- Sabotage (1975) (2%)
- Dehumanizer (1992) (2%)
- Never Say Die! (1978) (2%)
- Mob Rules (1981) (2%)
- Forbidden (1995) (2%)
- Headless Cross (1989) (1%)
- Tyr (1990) (1%)
- Vol. 4 (1972) (1%)
- Technical Ecstasy (1976) (0%)
- Seventh Star (1986) (0%)
- The Eternal Idol (1987) (0%)
